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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Ged Nash Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
399. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the yield to the Exchequer from an increase of €0.50 in the e-liquid products tax by €0.50; the current estimated annual yield; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29424/25]
Seán Fleming Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
400. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if income received by way of grants from the State is subject to income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29465/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
401. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance to ensure that scoliosis spinal fusion will be deemed as a qualifying need under the new NDIS criteria which will replace the current disabled drivers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29520/25]
Thomas Gould Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
402. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance the current number of staff responsible for the collection of the vacant homes tax by grade level and the overall wage cost for the unit. [29529/25]
Pa Daly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
403. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the VAT on electricity to 5%; the cost of reducing the VAT on gas by 5%; the cost of reducing the VAT on electricity to 6%; the cost of reducing the VAT on gas by 6%; the cost of reducing the VAT on electricity to 7%; the cost of reducing the VAT on gas by 7%; the cost of reducing the VAT on electricity to 8%; and the cost of reducing t…
Pa Daly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
404. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance the first- and full-year cost of reducing the VAT on electricity to 9%; and the first- and full-year cost of reducing the VAT on gas to 9%, in tabular form. [29641/25]
Pa Daly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
405. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of the VAT earned on electricity in each of the years 2015 to date; and to provide a breakdown of the VAT earned on electricity in each of the years 2015 to date, in tabular form. [29642/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
406. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the status of the Funds Sector 2030: A Framework for Open, Resilient and Developing Markets review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29678/25]
Alan Kelly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
407. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance the list of all investment partners and funds that ISIF has invested more than €1 million with since its inception, in tabular form. [29722/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
408. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional VAT exclusive yield from a €7.50 increase in the carbon charge in 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30050/25]
Martin Kenny Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
409. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of the number of primary medical certificate appeals to the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30137/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
410. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of removing VAT on sunscreens and other sun-protection-factor products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30215/25]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
411. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance his views in relation to predatory lending practices by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30255/25]
Ann Graves Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
412. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Finance if she will consider amending the criteria by which persons are assessed for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers (tax concessions) scheme 1994; if she will amend to include autism and ADHD as currently the Disabled Drivers Medical Board can only assess for physical disability. [30312/25]
John McGuinness Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
413. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has purchased a property (details supplied); and if the purchase is complete. [30625/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
414. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to extending the help-to-buy scheme to include second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30635/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
415. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance the expected revenue yield from an increase in the vacant homes tax to ten times the annual local property tax rate in a full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30695/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
416. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance the expected revenue yield from an increase in the residential zoned land tax to 5% of the land’s annual value in a full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30696/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
417. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance the adjustment made for indexation of income tax bands and income tax rates when calculating the budgetary stance for Budget 2026. [30697/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
418. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance the amount of additional savings that could be made by not indexing income tax bands and income tax rates. [30698/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Public Expenditure
419. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of WTE qualified architects and quantity surveyors employed by his Department in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [28964/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Public Expenditure
420. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of buildings owned by the OPW that have in excess of 50 car park spaces. [28965/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Public Expenditure
421. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if previous employment experience is taken into account when determining salary scale entry points for people entering employment in the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29104/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Public Expenditure
422. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the nature of refurbishment works that the OPW will carry out at Garda stations within DMR in the second half of 2025 where the costs of these works are in excess of €75,000. [29168/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Public Expenditure
423. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation when each contract for the provision of a restaurant/café service at each OPW heritage site is due to expire, in tabular form. [29169/25]